"ADI" 2006 Obituary

ADIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-06 published
ADIE,
RolandJames
Passed away peacefully at home in the arms of his wife and snuggled
up to his dogs on April 5, 2006, following a courageous battle
with cancer. A life too short but filled with fun and a fierce
enthusiasm for living. His passing will leave an unspeakable
void in the hearts and lives of many: his family and a very large
and caring extended family. He was the loved husband and soul
mate of Clare (née
PARKER.)
Roland loved to live and lived to
love. Generous, kind and warm hearted with a wonderful but mischievous
sense of fun. A lover and creator of good food and at one with
nature, animals and family. A gifted home renovator and craftsman.
Roland will be lovingly remembered by all who knew him. During
the toughest two years of his life great support was provided
by a tremendous network of family, Friends, neighbours, colleagues
and the most wonderful health team: his General Practioner team
(Dr. THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,) his oncology team at Trillium Health Centre (Dr.
KING,)
Community Care Access Centre (Peel), St. Elizabeth, Red Cross,
Hospice of Peel and Wellspring. Thank you all, you made a difference.
A celebration of Roland's life will be held at York Visitation,
Chapel And Reception Centre - North York, 160 Beecroft Road (Yonge
Street and Sheppard Avenue), 416-221-3404 on Sunday, April 9th
at 2 p.m. with visitation two hours prior to the service. If
wished, in lieu of flowers and to honour Roland's love of family,
donations to Sick Kid's would be a fitting tribute.

ADILMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-17 published
ADILMAN,
Sid,▼ 68
Writer was a one-man Canada Council
Canadian Press, Page S11
Toronto -- Toronto Star entertainment writer Sid
ADILMAN, widely
regarded as one of the greatest champions of Canadian movies,
music, books and television, died of heart failure at his Toronto
home on October 14. He was 68.
"He was like the Canada Council for the Arts, only he worked
for the Toronto Star," said Maureen
O'DONNELL, a communications
consultant and long-time friend. "He didn't hand out money as
they do, he handed out care, he handed out wanting us to be the
best we could possibly be."
Mr. ADILMAN was long considered one of the most influential cultural
journalists in Canada. "It was so much easier for us to just
roll over and let the American cultural and celebrity juggernaut
roll right over us, but he would stick his pen in the cultural
dike," recalled the Star's media critic, Antonia
ZERBISIAS.
In 2002, Mr.
ADILMAN retired from the Star. He had joined the
paper in 1960, but left in 1963 for the now-defunct Toronto Telegram
but returned in 1971. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was the Canadian
editor of the trade paper Variety and served as the Star's entertainment
editor from 1986 to 1991.
He is survived by his wife Toshiko and sons Mio and Nobu.

ADILMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-10-20 published
ADILMAN,
Sid▲
Passed away at his home in the Annex, age 68, after years of
living so courageously with heart and kidney illness. Devoted
husband to Toshiko. Supportive and loving father to sons Mio
and Nobu, daughters-in-law Jessica
GAVIN and Andréa
PICARD.
They
are forever grateful for him in their lives and for showing them
the way to Prince Edward Island. Sadly missed by his extended
family, many Friends, journalism colleagues particularly at the
Toronto Star, and by anyone who has ever worked in the Canadian
arts and entertainment community - bad reviews notwithstanding.
He was your fiercest defender and promoter. In lieu of flowers,
tax-deductible donations gratefully accepted at the Toronto International
Film Festival Group in support of the Sid Adilman Festival Scholarship.
Please contact Sarah
BULLICK at 416-934-3211 or sbullick@tiffg.ca.
Public celebration of his life takes place at 3: 30 p.m. Sunday,
November 12, 2006 at Trinity-Saint Paul's United Church 427 Bloor
Street W. (closest Toronto Transit Commission: Spadina). All
are welcome. Wheelchair accessible.

ADILMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-10-15 published
Sid ADILMAN, 68: Culture champion
By Isabel TEOTONIO,
StaffReporter
Sid ADILMAN, the long-time Toronto Star entertainment writer
widely regarded as one of the greatest champions of Canadian
movies, music, books and television, died yesterday.
ADILMAN, 68, died of heart failure at his Toronto home, with
his wife Toshiko and sons Mio and Nobu at his side.
"He was like the Canada Council for the Arts, only he worked
for the Toronto Star," said Maureen
O'DONNELL, a long-time friend.
"He didn't hand out money as they do, he handed out care, he
handed out wanting us to be the best we could possibly be."
Long considered one of the most influential cultural journalists
in Canada,
ADILMAN was a must-read for the entertainment community.
ADILMAN retired from the Star in 2002 after 42 years of covering
entertainment. In the 1970s and 1980s,
ADILMAN was the Canadian
editor of the trade paper Variety and was the Star's entertainment
editor from 1986 to 1991.

ADIVI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-12-26 published
LYNCH,
JohnJames "
Jim" (1948-2006)
Of Calgary, passed away peacefully at his home, on Wednesday,
December 20, 2006, at the age of 58 years. Beloved
son of the
late Edward Benedict
LYNCH and Mary Carmel
LYNCH (née
LAWLOR.)
Loved brother of Joan
BRENT and her late husband Ronald of Toronto,
Helen MORNEAU and her husband Frank (W.F.) of Toronto, Mary (Kelly)
FENN and her husband Robert of Toronto, Bill
LYNCH and his wife
Alice of Bradford, and Margaret
HORNBERGER and her husband Gregory
of Toronto. Lovingly remembered by his nieces and nephews Larry
BRENT, Paul
BRENT and his wife Mary
DONOHUE, Bill
MORNEAU and
his wife Nancy
McCAIN, Teresa
MORNEAU and her husband Bill
HOUSTON,
Cathy (MORNEAU)
MEYER and her husband Mark
MEYER, Marg
MORNEAU,
Michelle MORNEAU and her husband Olivier
DELARUE,
DoctorMaureenFENN and her husband Tai
YONG,
Joanne
(FENN)
ALEXIOU and her
husband Con, Carolyn
FENN,
EdLYNCH, Stephen
HORNBERGER and his
wife KarenADIVI, and Lee
HORNBERGER.
James will be fondly remembered
by his many close Friends in Calgary, his residence of many years,
and those in and around his Alliston origins. Funeral Services
will be held at McInnis and Holloway'S, Park Memorial Chapel (5008 Elbow
Drive S.W., Calgary Alberta), on Thursday, December 28, 2006,
at 2: 30 p.m. Forward condolences through www.mcinnisandholloway.com.
If Friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly
to the Lupus Society of Alberta, #200, 1301 - 8 Street S.W.,
Calgary, Alberta T2R 1B7 Telephone: (403) 228-7956 or (403) 244-7591,
or to a charity of the donor's choice. In living memory of Jim
LYNCH, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by
McInnis and Holloway Funeral Homes Park Memorial Chapel, 5008 Elbow
Drive S.W., Calgary, Alberta Telephone: (403) 243-8200.